baruch dayan haemet . he was a leader .

Ynet and this reporter should know that in 1929 the Arabs hacked to death 67 Jewish civilians men, women and children in a massacre which the British described as one of the most evil acts of slaughter they had ever seen. The British authorities 'confined their police and army to their barracks so as to avoid the violence. Eventually one senior officer led hid men out and shot several Arabs dead as they were about to kill more Jews - this late show of force by the British occupiers stopped the massacre. The surviving Jews fled to Jerusalem in 1933 when the Arabs again said the would again massacre the Jews.